BY FAITH:
1. WE ARE BORN AGAIN
a. 1 John 5:1a
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God,
b. Ephesians 2:8
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
c. WE ARE CHANGED.
d. 2 Corinthians 5:17
17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2. WE LOVED.
a. WE LOVED BECAUSE GOD LOVED US FIRST
b. 1 John 4:19
19We love because he first loved us.
3. WE OBEY GOD.
a. WE PLEASED GOD.
b. Hebrews 11:6
6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
c. BLESSINGS OVERFLOW
d. Noah obeyed God.
e. Abraham believed.
4. WE ARE VICTORIOUS.
a. 1 JOHN 5:4
4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
b. 1 John 5:5
5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
c. WE OVERCOME THE WORLD.
d. WE ARE MORE THAN OVERCOMERS
CONCLUSION:
Hebrews 11:32-40
32And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,
33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
34quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.
36Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—
38the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,
40since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
Bibliography:
New International Version Bible
